June 2014 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] LibreOffice update looking for libsaxlo.so()(64bit)
by James Knott 25 Jun '14

25 Jun '14

I have been using the repository at http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/LibreOffice:/Stable/openSUSE_13.1/ for LibreOffice. Tonight I got a dependency error "nothing provides libsaxlo.so()(64bit) needed by libreoffice-4.3.0.1.177.x86_64". Why am I getting this error, when the current LibreOffice version in that repository is 4.1.6.2-4.1? According to the LibreOffice site, the latest version is 4.2.5, not 4.3. tnx jk -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] File name length limits?
by Vojtěch Zeisek 24 Jun '14

24 Jun '14

Hi, this is not so important, I'm just curious. :-) I use to download PDFs of biological articles and name them Author_Year_Full_title. I use to backup them using rsync to external HDD (with ext4 FS), no problem here. The machine is running openSUSE 13.1, 64b, ext4, KDE4. I copied the folder to my old netbook running Lubuntu 14.04 (64b, ext4. LXDE) and for some files I get an error during copying because of too long file name. According to comparison https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems#Limits ext4 should allow 255 bytes for file name length. I use only ASCII characters in the names. So that I wonder why one Linux is fine with that and the other has problem with file lengths, especially when both run on same ext4 FS. I did some tiny statistics with the file lengths in R (read.table, unlist, as.character, lapply nchar, unlist, hist, summary) and maximum length is 190 characters (with mean over 95). I wonder, where is the problem. :-) All the best, Vojtěch -- Vojtěch Zeisek Komunita openSUSE GNU/Linuxu Community of the openSUSE GNU/Linux http://www.opensuse.org/ http://trapa.cz/

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[opensuse] mail merge in Libre Office
by Carlos E. R. 24 Jun '14

24 Jun '14

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I was just looking at the mail merge feature of Libre Office. Apparently, you start "Tools - Mail Merge Wizard", which creates a new document with some fields, and expect to retrieve addresses from evolution; you can change the address book source, or create one, but it has to be an address list with defined fields, it seems. I wonder if it is possible in Libre Office to create a totally free form document, merging data from a list into a document, to create a new document in the process (or print it directly, but I really prefer a new document for review). For instance, suppose I have a list of students, with data like name, parents, house address, test results (exams), age, whatever. Even whole paragraphs. Totally free form document merging. Does it exist? I remember doing this on another life using WordStar (or wordperfect or I don't remember what). Or is it done in a totally different way now? Perhaps filling the data in a calc sheet, or a database. A RTFM reply with a link is perfect, I just don't know what search term to use ;-) - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlOnep0ACgkQtTMYHG2NR9V7KwCfYLm0ufEe5FMiLsGnih/4a+oX CXIAn2xAcIECfrAn+Q0Jacr2xkkUvu12 =j03v -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] BASH - dnh 'test' equivalent for [[ $ext == [^Cc] ]] ?
by David C. Rankin 24 Jun '14

24 Jun '14

dnh, all, I have another BASH curiosity that I need help with. I want to use 'test' to test for a file extension beginning with a 'c' or 'C'. I can use the compound command '[[' just fine, but I cannot form the same conditional using 'test'... and I am perplexed. I wanted to form the test against a pattern with either [Cc] or [^Cc]. This is with GNU bash, version 4.1.10(1)-release (x86_64-suse-linux-gnu) What I've done is: ## get file extension fext="${1//*\./}" ## if first char in ext is anything but [Cc] show usage function and exit. [[ "${fext:0:1}" == [^Cc] ]] && usage ## works fine! Trying to use test I've tried: test "${fext:0:1}" == [^Cc] && usage ## anything passes test test "${fext:0:1}" == "[^Cc]" && usage ## anything passes test test "${fext:0:1}" != [Cc] && usage ## nothing passes test test "${fext:0:1}" != "[Cc]" && usage ## nothing passes test # POSIX conformance with test test "${fext:0:1}" = [^Cc] && usage ## anything passes test test "${fext:0:1}" = "[^Cc]" && usage ## anything passes test What rule am I not seeing? Can this work with 'test'? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Default column fields displayed in Thunderbird
by Carlos E. R. 23 Jun '14

23 Jun '14

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Id like to adjust the columns that Thunderbird displays on each folder, and apply the change to every folder. That is, I want to change the defaults. One of the displayed columns is "Junk status", and I'd like to disable it on all, except on those folders I want. Reason is that I may accidentaly click on it, and then I have to chase over where the email was moved over. It maybe be useful on the Inbox, but not on any of the hundreds of archived folders I have, which normally should not be modified. Is there a way? - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlOnIL4ACgkQtTMYHG2NR9VPPACcDcFNggGIyJcrFTocaxfqPBi/ UIoAnR+OM8zE3bvYyh11Ne4SChQUqGo7 =3KpR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] OpenSuSe 13.1 Cnet Pro 200WL network card
by Carl Spitzer 23 Jun '14

23 Jun '14

seems to be a dirth of drivers save for winblows. 13.1 sees this card as a 21x4X DEC-Tulip missing firmware and therefore not configurable. Has anyone made this work? its on a Dell Dimension 4400. CWSIV -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Re: Request for package CUPS-PDF, please put the "cups-pdf" into Factory's official repository. (was: [opensuse-factory] Request for package the "etckeeper", please put the "etckeeper" into Factory's official repository .)
by James Knott 23 Jun '14

23 Jun '14

On 06/20/2014 01:26 AM, 1xx wrote: > I want the "cups-pdf" to go into official repository. +1 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] mrmazda@opensuse.org & felix.miata@opensuse.org
by Felix Miata 23 Jun '14

23 Jun '14

I've been looking around on: https://connect.opensuse.org/pg/profile/mrmazda https://connect.opensuse.org/ https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Connect and some of the links thereon, and can't find anything explaining how I would put $SUBJECT to use. Is opensuse.org providing SMTP/POP/IMAP services that enables them? If so, what should I be looking for to explain how? If not, then what does? Do I have to configure my own Linux puter as a mail server, maybe according to https://features.opensuse.org/313054 and/or http://tr.opensuse.org/Mail_server_HOWTO ? I do not have my own personal domain. fm.no-ip.com exists according to an arrangement with my nephew via no-ip.com. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] 13.1 partition scheme
by Carlos E. R. 23 Jun '14

23 Jun '14

On 2014-06-22 00:06, Tony Alfrey wrote: > Carlos E. R. wrote: > <snip> > >>> Summary: >>> If I knew that I could DUMP grub, and write a lilo.config file that has >>> worked for 10 years, and run /sbin/lilo, and that would eliminate grub >>> from the process, I would do it. >> >> You can, if you wish and insist. >> >> But it will create other problems on the road for you. > > > And what will those problems be? Who knows? Anytime you need to update some component, if you depart widely from the distribution defaults, like using a component that is not really supported in YaST (lilo), your system can break. And few people will be able to help. Any departure from defaults adds work on your shoulders. Instead of letting YaST do it, you have to do it yourself. It is Linux, you can do almost anything with it, but... you have to work on it. > Please recall that this has been the set-up that I've used since SuSE > 9.1 was actually "new", and has only now become a problem because of a > hardware failure. Understood. But Linux changes a lot. From 9.1 till now there have been many changes, and you have not kept track of them. Trying to apply what you knew then to the current distribution creates problems. If you want to use Linux (installing it yourself, not merely using it) you need to keep current in your knowledge. Similarly with Windows: XP users, now forced to change to Windows 8, feel desperate. Linux changes even more, constantly, in usually small steps; but many. In five years, the differences are huge. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)

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[opensuse] Anomalous reporting of btrfs by df/du
by Anton Aylward 23 Jun '14

23 Jun '14

The number don't add up: # df -h --type=btrfs Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/vgmain-vROOT 10G 7.0G 1.6G 82% / /dev/mapper/vgmain-vHOME 5.0G 2.7G 666M 81% /home Try that without the human readable # df --type=btrfs Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/vgmain-vROOT 10485760 7325208 1611576 82% / /dev/mapper/vgmain-vHOME 5242880 2820236 680968 81% /home That's with snapper removed. Now 'du' walks the tree adding up the size of the files # du -hsx /home / 2.4G /home 5.9G / So yes there is some overhead ... A lot of overhead it seems if I just look at the space used. 5.9 ==> 7.0 And 2.4 --> 2.7 But the number don't add up for 'df' by a long way. I doubt the btree overhead is all that. -- /"\ \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML Mail / \ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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